Hello! Info on IT certifications

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Hello everyone,
I'm the administrator for the training department at a community college in Pennsylvania. I would appreciate any thoughts on what IT certs might be useful/effective in the industry.

We currently offer MCSE, MCSA, CCNA, CCNA Security, A+, NEt+, MCDST, Fiber Optics.

Greatly appreciate any thoughts/comments.

 

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Without experience, only the A+, Network+, and MCDST are useful to your students.

The MCSA, MCSE, CCNA, and CCNA Security are useful only for students who have relevant, real-world IT experience with those technologies. In fact, getting advanced certifications like those can actually do entry-level IT candidates more harm than good, as they'll look overcertified for entry-level work, and they'll look underexperienced for anything beyond that.

 

Security+? That cert redefines entry-level - I considered doing it about five years ago but the exam literally wasn't worth my time or money!

I'm with ya on the MCSE & CCNA though - the CCNA gets no respect, but for people who have only a little exposure to networking its a hard slog. The MCSE, of course should be the blue riband of technical certification - but many see it as almost worthless nowadays due to the number of braindumpers/cheats out there.

 

Don't also forget things like ITIl and PRINCE2 - maybe offer the Foundation certs ? And what about all the ISEB areas covering bbusiness analysis, legal aspects etc. ?

You have a wealth of material to choose from but need to identify the target market - i.e. are these kids at school or are you also looking for students from the business community ?

 

Keep in mind that the OP didn't say they offer Security+... he said they offer CCNA Security, which is a half-step beyond the CCNA.